Snowplow



Patented July 5, 1927. p e

UNITED STATES LOUIS MARTIN, OF MUNCY, PENNSYLVANIA.

SN OWPLOW.

application ined July 2o, 192s. serial No. 123,676.

The invention relates to snow plows and has for its object to provide .asimple device nf this character which may be easily and quicklyconnected beneath a conventional 5 form of bob sled and forwardly of therear truck thereof, and with lwhich snow plow roads may be quicklycleared particularly in rural districts.

A further object is to provide a snow l plow adapted to be attached toopposite sides of a reach of a bobsled forwardly of the rear truck andcomprising rearwardly diverging scraper. blades terminating beyond theopposite sides of the bob-sled and l provided with upwardly, forwardlyand outwardly curved deflecting portions, which deflecting portions willeasily and quickly turn the snow to opposite sides of the roadfurtherobject is to provide the upper inner ends of the deilecting blades withopposed U-shaped portions which receive opposite sides of the reach andmay be quickly secured to the reach by a single bolt.

A further object is to provide the reach with a detachable brace havingtransversely diverging arms which incline downwardly and are anchored tothe blades and which diverging arms brace the blades against i-nwardmovement in relation to each other, and also against upward movementduring a snow removing oper-ation.

A further object is to provide a bobsled having a front and rear truckwith Snow scraper blades which scraper blades diverge outwardly andrearwardly from positions between the truck and substantially centrallyof the bob-sled, thereby allowing the driver of the sled to operate thesame from the forward end thereof and to utilize his weight forpreventing the yblades from riding over partially solidified snow.

lVith the above and other objects in view the invention resides in thecombination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter set forth, shown inthe drawing, described and claimed, .it being understood that changes inthe precise embodiment of the invention may be made within the scope ofwhat is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawing:

Figure l is a side elevation of the bobsled showing the snow plowapplied thereto.

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the bobsled showing the snow plow.

Figure 3 is a transverse sectional view taken on line 3 3 of Figure l.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral l designates the top of thebob-sled and 2 a reach disposed beneath said top and which reach isconnected to a bolster adjacent the rear end of the sled .and to theking bolt 4: adjacent the forward end .of the sled. The bolster 3 isprovided with a fixed sled 5 adjacent the rear end of the sled andpivotally mounted on the king bolt 4 adjacent f the forward end of thebob-sled is a steering wardly and forwardly curved portions 8,-

which as the snow is accumulated in the ends of the blades curves saidsnow upwardly, forwardly and outwardly beyond the ends of the blades.The forward ends 9 of the blades 7 are vertically disposed and at theirupper ends terminate in opposed U-shaped portions 10 which receive theopposite sides of the reach 2 and through which portions 10 and thereach a bolt 11 extends, therefore it will be seen that the blades maybe easily and quickly attached to the reach from opposite sides thereof,and the construction of the bob-sled as a whole does not vary, and thebob-sled can be used for other purposes by simply removingthe blades.side of the reach 2 by means of a bolt l2 is a brace 13, which brace isprovid-ed with downwardly and transversely diverging brace arms 14, thelower ends of which are anchored at 15 to the rear sides of the blades 7and prevent inward movement of said blades as well as upward movement ofthe blades, and in combination with the bolt 11 rigidly holds the bladesin position during a snow scraping operation.

From the above it will be seen that a snow blade attachment is providedfor a conventional form of bob-sled, which attachment maybe easily andquickly applied Securedto the underlo a bob-sled without varying theconstruction thereof and the blades 7 may be applied to the sled fromopposite sides thereof. It will also be seen that by locating the blades7 between the steering truck or sled '6 and the fixed sled 5, the weightof the operator will be disposed forwardly of the Ablades 7 on the bodyl, thereby insuring a positive scraping operation at all times.

`Members l0 are preferably provided with spaced apertures 'lor thereception of bolts ll, thereby allowing vertical adjustment, forinstance where there is sagging of the reach 2. Body member l isprovided with an opening l0 for allowing vertical adjustment ol saidmembers l0. To 'further brace the members 7, upwardly extending braceslll are piovidefh which braces are anchored on the bolts l5 and extendupwardly and are anchored to the body l. liliei'nbe-rs T are providedwith runners 7 which prevent the same 'from digging into the ground.

The invention having been set forth what is claimed as new and usefulisz- The combina-tion with a rearwardly eX- tending bar disposed beneatha bob-sled and front and rear sleds carried by said bob-sled, of scraperblades, said scraper blades having their 'front ends in engagementbeneath the rearwardly extending bar, opposed U- shaped members carriedby the blades and in which the opposite sides of the bar are disposed, abolt extending through said U- shaped members and the bar, said bladesdiverging rearwardly and outwardly7 a brace connected to the barrearwardly et the blades, arms carried by said brace and di- Vergingdownwardly and outwardly,- the outer ends of said arms being anchored tosaid blades.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aliix my signature.

LOUIS MARTIN.

